Yeah, I'm pretty sure Lou couldn't have matched that, and even if he did, it would have been a bad move. And frankly, I don't like how it drops off at the end. To borrow a Docism, it sounds almost Kovalchukian.

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of the Devils' mascot, NJ Devil, and of all mascots far and wide.

IT IS VERY HARD TO WIN ONE STANLEY CUP, FORGET ABOUT THREE... and maybe it's high time some of you actually APPRECIATED THAT instead of treating it like it's some flipping birthright because for some random reason you rooted for the damn Devils!!!!!

The way the rule should work is the lowest year in the contract cannot be lower than a certain percentage of the highest year. (I think 33% would be reasonable... this would mean if the max were $9m, the "cheap" years would still be $3m.) This would completely eliminate this type of BS.

of course those years at the end of Zach's contract are also lower to lower the cap but its really not as bad.

Yeah but in those years, the cap will be MUCH, MUCH higher than $70m. If not, the league would have a huge problem on its hands. If this keeps up, by that point, the amount of actual money teams are paying to players will be lower than the cap hit, meaning the teams will be making bigger profits, which will lead to the cap going up even more. This is all just badly thought out.

The way the rule should work is the lowest year in the contract cannot be lower than a certain percentage of the highest year. (I think 33% would be reasonable... this would mean if the max were $9m, the "cheap" years would still be $3m.) This would completely eliminate this type of BS.

Great idea. But they should just get rid of long term contracts... it's ridiculous 5-7 years maximum. Of course the players will never agree with that but thats what they should do.

The rumored 7 years $49,000,000 that he supposedly turned down during this year from Lou would have been a tough pill to swallow if that's what he eventually took from Minny. But this? Glad he chose them.